• Media type: E-Book
  • Title: A Legacy of Innovation : Governors and Public Policy
  • Contains: FrontmatterContentsForewordIntroduction. Directing Democracy / Balogh, Brian
    IntroductionChapter 1. Resourceful Leaders / Phillips, Sarah
    Chapter 2. ‘‘To Lay and Collect’’ / Mehrotra, Ajay K. ; Shreve, David
    Chapter 3. Governors and the Development of American Social Policy / Haskins, Ron
    IntroductionChapter 4. Governors and Economic Development / Teaford, Jon C.
    Chapter 5. Uneasy Executives / Sokol, Jason
    Chapter 6. Balancing Economic Development with Investor Protection / Masters, Brooke
    IntroductionChapter 7. Moving the Nation / Dilger, Robert Jay
    Chapter 8. Gubernatorial Leadership and American K-12 Education Reform / Vinovskis, Maris A.
    Chapter 9. From Charity Care to Medicaid / Grogan, Colleen M. ; Smith, Vernon K.
    Afterword: A Legacy of State-Building / Sribnick, Ethan G.
    Timeline of Governors and States in the Twentieth CenturyNotesContributorsIndexAcknowledgments.
  • Contributor: Sribnick, Ethan G. [Other]
  • Published: Philadelphia, Pa.: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2008
    2008
  • Extent: Online-Ressource (336 S.)
  • Language: English
  • DOI: 10.9783/9780812209006
  • ISBN: 9780812209006
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  • Keywords: Governors United States History 20th century ; American History ; HISTORY / United States / 20th Century ; American Studies ; Political Science ; Public Policy
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  • Footnote: In English
  • Description: Main description: Top scholars examine the changing role of state governors over the course of the twentieth century. This volume of essays tracks the evolution of gubernatorial leadership as it has dealt with critical issues, including conservation, transportation, civil rights, education, globalization, and health care.

    Top scholars examine the changing role of state governors over the course of the twentieth century. This volume of essays tracks the evolution of gubernatorial leadership as it has dealt with critical issues, including conservation, transportation, civil rights, education, globalization, and health care.
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